Elementary and Secondary Education
School Characteristics and Climate
Table A-17-2. Number and percentage distribution of full-time teachers, by school level, school type, and selected teaching characteristics: School years 2003–04 and 2007–08
| Teaching characteristic |
All teachers |
| 2003–04 |
|
2007–08 |
|
| All |
|
Public |
|
Private |
|
All |
|
Public |
|
Private |
|
| Total, number |
3,314,700 |
|
2,948,200 |
|
366,500 |
|
3,501,400 |
|
3,114,700 |
|
386,800 |
|
| Total, percentage |
100.0 |
|
88.9 |
|
11.1 |
|
100.0 |
|
89.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
| Years of teaching experience, percentage |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 or fewer |
16.7 |
|
15.9 |
|
22.6 |
|
17.4 |
|
17.1 |
|
20.4 |
|
| 4–9 |
27.0 |
|
27.0 |
|
27.1 |
|
27.8 |
|
27.8 |
|
27.5 |
|
| 10–19 |
26.4 |
|
26.5 |
|
25.9 |
|
27.5 |
|
27.8 |
|
24.9 |
|
| 20 or more |
29.9 |
|
30.6 |
|
24.4 |
|
27.3 |
|
27.3 |
|
27.2 |
|
| Average years of teaching experience, number |
13.9 |
|
14.1 |
|
12.7 |
|
13.5 |
|
13.5 |
|
13.4 |
|
| Main teaching assignment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elementary-level teachers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| General |
37.3 |
|
36.6 |
|
43.0 |
|
34.6 |
|
34.1 |
|
38.7 |
|
| English |
1.9 |
|
1.9 |
|
1.7 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.6 |
|
| English as a second language |
0.6 |
|
0.6 |
|
‡ |
|
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
‡ |
|
| Mathematics |
0.7 |
|
0.6 |
|
1.3 |
|
0.8 |
|
0.7 |
|
1.4 |
|
| Special education |
6.3 |
|
6.7 |
|
2.5 |
|
5.8 |
|
6.3 |
|
1.9 |
|
| Other |
5.6 |
|
5.2 |
|
8.7 |
|
5.6 |
|
5.2 |
|
9.3 |
|
| Secondary-level teachers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| English |
8.6 |
|
8.7 |
|
8.5 |
|
9.2 |
|
9.4 |
|
8.1 |
|
| English as a second language |
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
‡ |
|
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
‡ |
|
| Foreign language |
2.4 |
|
2.2 |
|
3.9 |
|
2.4 |
|
2.1 |
|
4.5 |
|
| Mathematics |
6.9 |
|
6.9 |
|
7.1 |
|
7.8 |
|
7.8 |
|
7.3 |
|
| Science |
6.2 |
|
6.2 |
|
5.9 |
|
6.1 |
|
6.0 |
|
6.5 |
|
| Social sciences |
5.8 |
|
5.8 |
|
5.9 |
|
6.5 |
|
6.5 |
|
6.7 |
|
| Special education |
4.9 |
|
5.4 |
|
1.4 |
|
4.6 |
|
5.0 |
|
1.4 |
|
| Vocational/technical |
4.8 |
|
5.3 |
|
0.9 |
|
4.4 |
|
4.9 |
|
0.8 |
|
| Other |
7.5 |
|
7.3 |
|
9.0 |
|
8.5 |
|
8.2 |
|
10.5 |
|
| Certification type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Regular |
83.5 |
|
88.0 |
|
47.5 |
|
84.7 |
|
89.1 |
|
49.6 |
|
| Probationary |
3.4 |
|
3.7 |
|
1.3 |
|
3.6 |
|
3.8 |
|
2.1 |
|
| Provisional |
4.2 |
|
4.3 |
|
2.9 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
| Temporary |
2.2 |
|
2.2 |
|
1.7 |
|
4.0 |
|
4.1 |
|
3.4 |
|
| Waiver or emergency |
0.6 |
|
0.6 |
|
0.5 |
|
2.0 |
|
2.1 |
|
1.2 |
|
| No certification |
6.2 |
|
1.2 |
|
46.1 |
|
5.7 |
|
1.0 |
|
43.8 |
|
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